15-Deliberate and possibly act on ordinance adopting an amended Drought Contingency Plan

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person's property shall constitute a rebuttable presumption that the person in apparent control of the property committed the violation, but any such person shall have the right to show that he/she did not commit the violation. Parents shall be presumed to be responsible for violations of their minor children and proof that a violation, committed by a child, occurred on property within the parents' control shall constitute a rebuttable presumption that the parent committed the violation, but any such parent may be excused if he/she proves that he/she had previously directed the child not to use the water as it was used in violation of this Article and that the parent could not have reasonably known of the violation. (d) Any employee of the City of Paris, police officer, or other employee designated by the City Manager, may issue a citation to a person he/she reasonably believes to be in violation of this Article. The citation shall be prepared in duplicate and shall contain the name and address of the alleged violator, if known, the offense charged, and shall direct him/her to appear in the City of Paris Municipal Court on the date shown on the citation for which the date shall not be less than 3 days nor more than 5 days from the date the citation was issued. The alleged violator shall be served a copy of the citation. Service of the citation shall be complete upon delivery of the citation to the alleged violator, to an agent or employee of a violator, or to a person over 14 years of age who is a member of the violator's immediate family or is a resident of the violator's residence. The alleged violator shall appear in Municipal Court to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty for the violation of this Plan. If the alleged violator fails to appear in Municipal Court, a warrant for his/her arrest may be issued. A summons to appear may be issued in lieu of an arrest warrant. These cases shall be expedited and given preferential setting in Municipal Court before all other cases. "Sec.34-161 Variances (a) The City Manager, or his authorized designee, may, in writing, grant a temporary variance from the requirements of this ordinance to an existing water customer if it is determined that failure to grant such variance would cause an emergency condition adversely affecting the health, sanitation, or fire protection for the public or the person requesting such variance and if one or more of the following conditions are met: (1) Compliance with this Plan cannot be technically accomplished during the duration of the water supply shortage or other condition for which the Plan is in effect. (2) Alternative methods can be implemented which will achieve the same level of reduction in water use. (b) Persons requesting an exemption from the provisions of this Ordinance shall file a petition for variance with the City of Paris within thirty (30) days after the Plan or a particular drought response stage has been invoked. All petitions for variances shall be reviewed by the City Manager, or his authorized designee, and shall include the following: is -